Posts Tagged: Data Protection

Insights, analysis, and commentary on intellectual property, information technology law, and digital policy in Africa, filtered by the topic "Data Protection".


Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and championing their utilisation in the Kenyan data protection environment

Icons made by surang from www.flaticon.com What are PETs? Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) are a category of technologies capable of enabling, enhancing, and preserving data...

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Key Issues arising from the Data Protection (Registration of Controllers and Processors) Regulations 2021.

Icons made by Payungkead from www.flaticon.com Introduction The Data Protection Act (DPA) introduced the first comprehensive legislation on the protection of personal data. The Act...

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Opt-in or Opt-out? Demystifying Proposed Consent Requirements for Direct Marketing in Kenya

Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Consumer data fuels direct marketing strategies among businesses, more so through telecommunications and information technologies that are increasingly being...

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Data Protection (Compliance and Enforcement) Regulations 2021: Key Considerations

Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com In April 2021, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) issued draft guidelines and invited comments from the...

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Report Launch – Privacy and Data Protection Practices of Digital Lending Apps in Kenya

The image by Catkuro Digital lending is a fairly new concept that is steadily gaining popularity in Kenya. It relies on consumer behavioural data, for...

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AI for Privacy Policies

Image created by iuriimotov – www.freepik.com As the world continues to transition into digitization, data remains vital in the continued evolution of the entire digital...

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How COVID-19 is shaping digital evidence in Kenyan courts

Court operations have been disrupted following the COVID-19 pandemic but the Judiciary has adopted various measures to ensure that citizens still have access to justice.

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Kanuni za ulinzi wa data

a) faragha Kila anayekusanya au kutumia data binafsi lazima azingatie faragha/usiri wa mwenye data. b) sheria Kila anayekusanya au kutumia data binafsi anapaswa kuzingatia usheria,...

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Ethiopia: Evidence of social media blocking and internet censorship

Year: 2016 Project Partner: Open Technology Fund Xynou, M., Filastò, A., & Karanja, M. “Ethiopia: Evidence of social media blocking and Internet censorship” (2016). https://ooni.org/post/ethiopia-report/

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